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英语学习】连词
before
用法归纳
1
．表示
“在……之前”
。说明两个时间或两个事件之间
的先后关系。<
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They had got everything ready before I a
rrived
．
在
我到达之前他们已经
把一切都准备好了。
She
didn
’
t
understand
me before I explained it to her
．
在我向她解释之前，
她不理解我的意思。
The
train had left before I arrived at the
station
．在我到达车站之前火车已开走了。
2
．表示“……
才……
”
，强调从句的谓语动词所表达的时间、距离很长或
花费的力量
比较大。
The workers worked long hours for
two
weeks before everything returned to
normal
．工人们长时间地
工作了两周，一切才恢复正常。
The big fire lasted four hours
before the firemen brought it under con
trol
．
大火持续了四个小
时，
消防队员才把它控制住。
We waited a long time before
the train
arrived
．我们等了很长时间火车才到。
3
．表示
“
还未来得及……就……”
，强调主句谓语动词所表达的时
间、距
离很短或花费的精力比较小。
Before I could figure out
what had
happened
，
he forced me into
the car
．我还不知道发
生了什么，
他就强行把我推进了汽车。
He jumped into the
water
before I could stop him
．我还没有来得及阻止他，他就
跳进了水里。
Her father died before she was born
．
她尚未
出世父亲就去世了。
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4
．
表示
“趁着……”
。
We can set off
early